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. 2002 Jun;40(6):2051–2056. doi: 10.1128/JCM.40.6.2051-2056.2002

TABLE 1.

Sensitivities of various assays for different influenza A virus subtypes in stock virus preparations

Influenza A virus subtype Concn of stock virus (TCID50/ml) Highest dilution yielding a positive result
RT-PCR Virus isolation ELISA
A/Nanchang(H3N2) 105.0 10−8 10−5 10−2
A/Sydney(H3N2) 105.0 10−8 10−5 10−1
A/Texas(H1N1) 105.0 10−8 10−5 10−2